Lexapro Guidance?

Ok, So hopefully someone can help me out with this. I have been on Lex. for about 3 yrs. I was up to 60mg at one point, got a new doctor, brought me down to 20 and I was doing fine. Here is where im running into problems. I wanted to get off the pill completely, so I started to wean off. I went from 20mg to 5mg, staying at each dosage for roughly 2 weeks. 4 days ago I stopped completely, and needless today I almost had a complete meltdown today. I was showing withdrawal symptoms after day 2, but by day 4 they became unbearable. Was that too quick?. I know my doc. is gonna give me his opinion, however I was hoping with all the experience on this site to get some more input.

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I'm glad to hear that the new doctor got you back down to 20mgs as this is the recommended max for Lexapro. You didn't really reduce too quickly, but you may in fact need the antidepressant to help control your mood.